While the number of new COVID-19 cases has dropped precipitously nationwide, Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario is in the grips of a troubling new wave of coronavirus infections — and most of its victims are children. Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said today there are now 232 active COVID-19 cases in Kashechewan, an isolated community of roughly 2,000 people in the northern reaches of Ontario. Miller said children and adolescents make up a "majority" of those infections because vaccines are currently limited to those 12 years of age and older. Kashechewan alone now accounts for a quarter of all the active COVID-19 cases reported in Indigenous communities nationwide. WATCH: Outbreak in Kashechewan is "dramatic," says Indigenous services ministerOutbreak in Kashechewan is 'dramatic,' says minister Politics News 1:07 Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says most of those who've been infected with COVID-19 in Kashechewan recently are unvaccinated children.

Source: CBC News June 16, 2021 17:19 UTC